Credit-account-filing device.



mmm@ sept. 27, 1910.

2 SHEETS-'SHEET 1.

W. EAGRETT.

GREDIT ACCOUNT FILING DEVICE.

APPLIOATION HLBD MBA. 1910.

W. EAGRETT.

CREDIT ACCOUNT FILING DEVI-0B.

PPLIATION FILED EBH, 1910.

Patented Sept. 27, 19M).

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WILLIAM EACRETT, OFTGRONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIULTOPLEXFIIIIIING4 DEVICE COMPANY,

11b-id21 whom it may concern:

,Mg-.Beityknown that I, WILLIAM EAcRE'rr, a `AA'f iilbjtuit. of the Kingo f Great Britain, residing,` inthe city of Toronto, in the county ofYork and Province of Ontario, Canada,- merchant, have invented certainnew and .useful Improvements in Credit-Accounts`ilin`gfDevices, of whichthev following is @specification lirlgMy invention relates to creditaccount {il- `ing devices,--and the object of my invention is to enablea store keeper or other person to keep account of daily sales and othertrans- 'actmns made without having to resort to --the usual form ofbook-.keeping for that purpose, thereby, reducing the operatingeirpenses and insuring absolute accuracy 1n accounts. When a customermakes a urchase the duplicate of the original b' `is placed in thedesired compartment or holder of the device, thereby having the saineinconvenient position and ot easy access. By opening or expanding theldevice the name of each customer on each billis atonce'dislplayed'before the operator, in a compact, yet very convenient form and in sucha manner that'it is of esy access.- l

A further pur ose of the present inven- I V tin is togovi e meanswhereby. the ac- Vcount hol device. can be withdrawn from the cabinetand whenso withdrawn it will be held in a rigid condition. Theconstruction and operation of my invention 3'5 will be fully understoodfromthe following descri tion.

e accompanying d" awings: Figure 1 is a vertical section of the cabinetor case showing the account holding device extended`j or withdrawn fromthe cabinet. Fig. 2 is, avvertical section of the cabinet showing theaccount holding device closed and within the cabinet. Fig. 3 is a bottomor underside view of the account holding device showing the same in acollapsed or closed condition. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the accountholding device,.showing the same closedl or in a colla sed position.Fig. 5 is a perspective View s owing a portion of the cabinet andillustrating the telescopic frame in relative position with reference tothe cabinet showing said frame extended from the cabinet. Fig. 6 is aView of some of the account holding receptacles, showing the saine in aclosed condition. Fig. 7 is an enlarged section A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

OREDIT-ACCOUNT-FILING DEVICE. l

of some of the account holding receptacles, showing .the same in anextended condition.

of the folders. y Similar numerals indicate like parte in all' thefigures of the drawin s.

In the accompanying rawings, 1 re resents the cabinet or-case, which isforme of any desiredsize', reference being had tothe size of the accountholdin device. `For the purpose'of-closinU-the ca inet or case,'thecover 2 is provided, which vcover is hinged at Specification of LettersPatent. :Patented Sept), 27, 1910, y Application led February 4, 1910.Serial No. 541,966.

FigJQ-is a detached perspective 'View of one 'itsrearend to the cabinetorcase in the` usual manner.

n Tot-he bottom of the case or' cabinet 1 are attached in any convenientand well'known inann'erthe bars 3, which bars are provided with the endflanges 4, which flanges 'are for the urposezof providing ameans forconnecting the roller carrying bars 5, which.

roller carrying bars are arranged Substantiall y" as .shown in F i0'. 5,and are held in fixe position with.re erencc to thecabinet or case 1Iand are parallel with each other.

4To the bars 5 are connected a series of rollers (i, said rollers beingillustrated in dotted lines, Fig. 1 and some of the rollers shown inperspective view, Fig. 5. The rollers 6k are for the purpose ofproviding means for holdingthe slide bars 7, said slide 4bars beingsubstantially of the forni shown in Fig. 7. The rollers 6 are normallylocatedin the grooves 8 and 9, thebars being properlyv supported uponthe .rollers by means of the ltop wall 10 of the upper groove 9.

lt will be understood that bymounting the slide bars 7 upon the rollers,said bars can be easily moved longitudinally in either direction. Theslide bars 7 are provided with the grooves 11 Vand 12, which grooves arefor the purpose of receiving the slide vare tiedtogether by the endmember 14.

The inner ends of the slide' bars are not tied together but are held bymeans of the grooves 11 and 12, which grooves are formed in the slidebars 7 For the purpose of lim.-

the stop plates 16 so that when the stop pins 15 vcouie in contact withthe stop plates 16` taken on line Y5;-5, Fig. 5. Fig. 8 is a'viewl anyfurther outward movement of the slide 110 itiiig the outward movement ofthe slidebars 13, `the outer ends of which slide bai's- 1.tcrincdiatetheir end sto; the fla ges 2111;-

thef following manner.v Tlie Ato tratcd t'hisbar in a single piece, butI do not movable -o'rtelescopical parts should be so L otled. and thcbottom orloiver ends are 'pivot-- said partitions can .be 'broughttoward leach outward movement .is stopped by means of .carried bv thebars designed to strike-against are a t allitiinespartially@telesconically conf,

' ncctedand atithe; saine timel the j slide b ars 7 are neverdcta'chedrmn the roller carrying cmiucctcdj together by means Y; of va.seriesI of barsj22, .which-,bars .are pivoted to the x .heingrgxpivoted'at theirtop onup'per end sand tudinally extended and closed, therebyproveasily inserted and withdrawn, andai; theA` a saine time bringingthe lfilino' devlce into a compact forni 'sq'fhatjt can 4e housed 1n abars 13 will carry the slide bars 7 and when the slide bars 7 ,have beenbrought outward as far as they are designedto move their the stop anges1, which stop flanges are fixed to the roller carrying bars 5. The innerends of the bars '13 are tiedtogether by lucans of the tie bar 18, towhich 'tie bar is conncctedthe stop bar 19, said stop bar being formedof'such a length that its outer ends will be in positionto strike thestop l flanges A1i'. In the drawings I have illusdcsirc't'o be confinedto any specificarrangement asfthe onlyv object isyto provide Ineens theslop flangeslf.

" It will be.. 'understoodA ythat ,thejpvarious ari angcd and:colniectedfftogether that they;n

bars f :few-'ffy 5:. 1.

.'lhe dilingde'vice is made' up n series of plates or what mightbetermedpartitions" of,.partitjions together, whichpartitions' are flanges21, of the p a'rtitions`20,i lsaid bars'T at' theiirbottombr lower .endsandalso inuct 1 which is the front end of the cabinet prpper, isprovidedhvith hoo'k which hook is connected tothe front or `forward Iend 23 in any convenient and Well known manner. I vided'at "its"A frontvor'forward end with the .bar 25, which bar is pivotally connected ateach end to the links 26, said links 26 being pivoted -at their upperand lower ends to bars 22'aud flanges 21 respectively; '75

. Fon-the purpose of providing means vfor expanding the filing devicewhen removed from the cabinet :1nd, alsol ro'viding suitable ,handles:theerear end Io the .filing de' vice properis providedithajbar, which80A bar vis connected in 'substantially 'the sameA manuenasfthe; bar 25'. "I1`o r, the"purpsle of" *providing means for "supportingtljie''filinig device proper and ,itthe saine ti'eperrnitting saidhlingfdevice t'lief-exterded 11nd.. 85 i r'deviizefis "moved vor drawn."out :fron'mthelfcase vice proper "so that the credit'fslips Willbeproperly exposed and/fat the' same-timebring 105 Ward 'to its full limitthe-Stop flangesviale 110 cd lo the flange directly behind the one toJpurpose4 of limiting theoutwardfmovement which-.theel center portionof" the `|'bars are. pivoted, thereby, connecting all of the partitionstogether 'and in s'ucra manner that othrand away fron'ij'e'ach other; orin other wordsthc'iling device proper can be longi-l 'iding 'forbringing thefiling device into such a positiomthat the'credit slips canbe cabinet or ca'se .taking up but a` s'mall'emount oF room. i

For the purpose of Supporting the'ront or forward end of the-filingdevice when the saine is extended as` illustrated in Fig. 1, the frontor -forward end 23 of the case or cabi-I with the-stop tlan'ges 32,21.further leritension' 11i;`

-o the -filingadevice willfcause.: thesan'ie to tion. illustrated inFig. i1, thereby, opening said filing device for the purposeof lnspecftion of credit slips or the removalfor insel' 12o tion ofthe saine. Y.

For the-purpose of holding the creditsllp'A` against accidentaldisplacement'the partn` tions 20 are' each provided With'springs 33%4which springs are connected atw their t0 401S' 125 upper ends to thepartitionsv and their ot.

tom o r lower ends permittedto pressa'gainst the artitions just behindeach` sping. It

'. will ne, understood. that sonne proyisionmusitbe made to prcyentthe"creditslipsfrom fac The filing "device properis .pro- 70 or out ofthe case grooved fianges 3a, to which grooved flanges are connected thefingers 35, which fingers are formed oi' such a length that they Will belapped `for a short distance as illustrated in Fig. 3 so that when thefiling. device is extended. the fingers are permitted to slide upon eachother, but not to become entirely separated from each other so that Whenthe filing device is extended the fingers 35 will constitutie a propersupport for the credit slips and upon which fingers the credit slipsrest. t will be understood that the fingers 35 when arranged asillustrated and described will not interfere with the extension andclcsiug of the filing device proper, but will in a sense telescopetogether When the filing device is closed or brought into the positionillustrated in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 9 l have illustrated a folder 36, which folder is preferablyformed of heavy paper or like material and is for the purpose of holdingsaid credit slips. The folder is placed between the partitions and issupported by the fingers 35. it will be understood that the folder maybe dispensed with if desired,but from ractice Ifind that it is moredesirable to emp oy a folder, Which folder may be provided with-suitableindexes, such as 37. 'lllie iilling device Which consists of a seriesont partitions and bars pivotally con'- necting said 'partitionstogether is as a unit mounted upon traveling Wheels. This iiling deviceis so connected that it can be easily detached and entirely removed fromthe cabinet or case and placed. in a safe or other receptacle. p

Another advantage in providing means for removing the filing device fromthe cabinet is, that a minibar of filing devices may be employed orused; that is to say two or more filing devices Which are removable maybe employed and one filing device brought into use and another oneplaced in a safe, but should it. be desired to take any particularfiling device from the case another one .may be substituted and the onetaken away placed in any suitable receptacle.'

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. in a credit account tiling device, the combination of a case, aseries of partitions provided with fingers at their bottom or lovverends, said fingers adapted to constitute a bottom, a series of barsadapted to connect the partitions together, and `means t'or supportingthe partitions in closed or extended position, substantially as and forthe purpose specified. V

2. In a credit account filing device, the combination of a case, aseries of partitions and a series of' bars adapted to pivotally connectthe partitions together, said partitions provided With springs, saidsprings located betvveen the partitions, the top or u per ends of saidsprings being fixedand their lower ends free and adapted to pressagainst an adjacent partition,.and means for supporting the partitionsin closed or extended positions, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

3. in a credit account filing device, the combination of a case, afiling device consisting of partitions, said partitions pivotallyconnected together and adapted to be extended and closed, a detachableend member adapted to close the case, said end member provided withmeans adapted-to support the filing device and the filing device adaptedto be removed from the case, and means for supporting the filing devicewhen extended, sutstantially as and for the purpose speciec 4i. In acredit account filing device, the combination of a case2 a filing deviceconsisting of partitions, said connected together and. adapted to be eX-tended and closed, a detachable end member adapted to close the case,said end member provided with means adapted to support the tiling deviceand the filing ed to be removed troni the case, and means for suppontinthe filing device When eX- tended and t e partitions provided Withdocument iold-ing springs, substantially as and for th purposespecified'.

5. In a 1mg device 'of the character described, the' combination of afiling device consisting of partitions, said partitions piv-v otallyconnected together and adapted to be extended and closed, a case adaptedto inllo close the partitions when in la-closed condition, and adetachable end member adapted to close the case said end member providedwith means adapted to support the outer end of the tiling device,substantiaiiy as and for 115 the purpose specified. 6. ln a creditaccount filing device the combination or' a case, a tiling deviceconsisting 'of a series of partitions, bars pivotally connected to saidpartitions at the: bottom ends and intermediate their ends, saidpartitions provided With fingers located at their bottom or lower ends,said fingers adapted to slide upon leach other during the movements ofthe. partitions, as vand for the purpose specified.

7. In a 'credit vaccount filin device, the combination of a case, atiling evice consisting of a series of partitions, bars `pivotallyconnected tosaid partitions at their top and 130 partitions pivotallyvdevice adapttop and 12o substantially bottom ends and intermediate theirends,

said partitions provided with spring fingere` located at their bottomor' lower ends, said spring fingers adapted to slide upon each otherduring the movemente of the partitions: substantially as and for thepurpose Speeiedf In testimony that' I claim the above, 1 have hereuntosubscribed my' name in the presence of two witnesses.

y .VVILLAM EAGRETT.

YVitnesses EDMUND VANGEUR VANCE, Env/'nr R. PRQBERT.

